Universal card-holder



F. HA SKEL. UNIVERSAL CARD HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 3, 9H.

Patented May 13, 1919.

#4 y i W4 m FRED HAsKEnor DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

UNIVERSAL CARD-HOLDER. 3

Specification of ietters Patent.

Patented May '13, 1919.

Application filed May 3,. 1917. Serial No. 166,091.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRED HAsKnL, a zen of theUnited States of America, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayneand State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Universal Card-Holders, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to card holders and refers more particularly tocard holders adapted to receive paper or paste-board cards or the like.

Among the objects of the invention are to provide a card holder whichcan be more economically manufactured than those now in use and in whichthe danger of the card binding when being slipped into the holder can beavoided; to so construct and arrange the holder that it can be formed inpairs which when secured to the boX or other surface will accommodatecards of various widths depending on how far apart the holders arespaced; to provide a construction which can be made from flat wire andby a single stamping or like operation; to so construct and arrange theholders that they can be used in either vertical or horizontal position;to so construct and arrange the offset shoulder that danger of the cardbinding when being inserted or removed is avoided; to utilize anintegral shoulder on the side strips as an abutment for limiting themovement of the card at the end of the shoulder; and in general toprovide a new, improved and simplified construction of the characterabove referred to.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a front elevational view of a holder embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the same holder used with a diiferentsized card;

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing the holders arranged toreceive a card by horizontal insertment Fig. 4: is a cross-section onthe line m-w of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the back of the holder shown in Fig. 2.

Describing in detail the particular embodiment of my invention shown inthe drawings and referring to Fig. 1, A designates a card holder whichcomprises apair of holding members B and C. These members are secured tothe box or other surface citi- D by means of. tacks or other securingdevices E. At their sides or edges each holder is provided with anoutwardly offset retaining flange F.

I-Ieretofore in the construction of holders the two sides have beenconnected by an integral bottom strip which not only requires a greateramount of metal but also limits the use of the device to cards ofpredetermined width. In the present construction this is avoided byforming the holder of two separate holding members which can be spacedapart any distance desired and then utilizing an abutment shoulder suchas H and H on the bottom of the strip for preventing the cards fromdropping out or going beyond the end of the strip.

Another, objection which is overcome by the present invention is thetendency of the cards to bind when being inserted or re moved.Heretofore the offset shoulders 4 have been connected to the main bodyportion by a diagonal part which if the card was slightly twisted wheninserted would tend to bind. I avoid this objection by entirely severinga portion of the connecting part J so as to leave a plurality ofshoulders J between which there is left uncut connecting portions K. Thesame arrangement is also maintained at the end of the flange so that thebottom of the card strikes against a square shoulder L in the samemanner that the ends of the cards strike against the shoulders J.

It will be noticed fro-m Figs. 2 and 3 that holders of the same size andshape as shown in Fig. 1 can be placed to receive cards of differentsizes and shapes but in each case the card can be easily slipped intoand out of the holder. Also in place of inserting the cards verticallyfrom the top the holders may be arranged as shown in Fig. 3 to receivethe ca ds by side-wise or horizontal insertion. The invention thereforeis not limited to the particular position of the holders and variousother changes in the details can be made Within the scope of myinvention'.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A card holder comprising a holder member having a main body portionadapted to lie substantially in the plane of the card, and an offsetportion adapted to extend over an edge of the card, said body and oifsetportion being connected by a portion which is partly cut through toleave a substantially straight shoulder against which the edge of thecard abuts.

2. A card holder comprising a holder 5 member having a main body portionadapted to lie substantially in the plane of the card, and an ofisetportion adapted to extend over oneedgeof the card and a corner portionof the adjacent edge, said body and offset portion being connected by aplurality of outwardly extending connecting portions between which thereis arranged a plurality of shoulders forming substantially straightabutments for the edges of the card.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

FRED I-IAS'KEL.

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